pycparser
C language parser written in pure Python for language tools.
Used in agent projects
83
0.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in languages, types and runtimes
#9 of 18
by use in those projects
Downloads
23M
PyPI, last 7 days, pycparser
GitHub stars
3,575
last push Oct 9, 2026
How pycparser is used
pycparser is a dependency in 83 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.7%), #9 of 18 in languages, types and runtimes. The most used alternative there is TypeScript. Projects that use it most often also use CFFI (98.8%), Requests (90.4%), urllib3 (89.2%).
Often used with pycparser
| CFFI | 98.8% of pycparser projects · 149.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 90.4% of pycparser projects · 17.0× more than average |
| urllib3 | 89.2% of pycparser projects · 58.7× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 88.0% of pycparser projects · 70.7× more than average |
| AnyIO | 85.5% of pycparser projects · 58.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list pycparser as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install pycparser |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (79), Next.js (3), Other (1) |
| Example projects | solana-developers/solana-cookbook, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, microsoft/edge-ai, siiway/NextBridge, DelineaXPM/delinea-mcp |
Alternatives to pycparser
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TypeScript npm Language for application-scale JavaScript development with static type checking. |
7,092 (55.9%) | 305M | 111K | Apache-2.0 |
| tsx npm Node.js enhanced with esbuild to run TypeScript and ESM files. |
1,262 (9.9%) | 96.8M | 12.2K | MIT |
| ts-node npm TypeScript execution environment for Node.js with source map support. |
865 (6.8%) | 45.6M | 13.1K | MIT |
| vue-tsc npm TypeScript type checker for Vue.js single-file components. |
111 (0.9%) | 6.5M | 6,724 | MIT |
| tsconfig-paths npm Module resolution utility that loads Node.js modules according to TypeScript path mappings. |
86 (0.7%) | 113M | 1,908 | MIT |
| Cloudflare Workers Types npm TypeScript type definitions for Cloudflare Workers runtime. |
84 (0.7%) | 12.1M | 8,888 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| jiti npm Runtime TypeScript and ESM support for Node.js without build steps. |
84 (0.7%) | 19M | 2,973 | MIT |
| CFFI pypi Foreign Function Interface for calling C code from Python. |
84 (0.7%) | 248M | 280 | — |